2011 Chevrolet Cruze

I BOUGHT MY CRUZE IN NOVEMBER AT 11000 MILES . I HAD NO ISSUES WITH IT AT ALL UNTIL MARCH 21 AT 21000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT HAD BEEN A LONG TRIP AND MY CAR LIT UP SERVICE STABILITRAK AND SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS AND POWER STEERING. ALONG WITH MY DASH (SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER GOING HAYWIRE) NO ENGINES PROBLEM JUST THAT LIGHT I CALLED THE DEALER WHO SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF IT AND IT WAS PROBABLY A FLUTE. ABOUT A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN THEN ABOUT MAY IT WAS HAPPENING ONCE A WEEK NOT EVEN ON LONG DRIVES NO MORE ON MY MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK AND A COUPLE OF TIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NOT ALL THE TIME. ON JUNE 5 AT 22000 MILES MY CARS CONTROLS CAME ON THIS TIME THOUGH MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH MY PARKING BREAK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THEN MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOWNTIME DALLAS ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR JUST STOPS ACCELERATING AND SLOWLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND I BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD! IT WAS SO SCARY. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND BACK ON ALL THE LIGHTS WERE OFF EXCEPT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT I WENT TO AUTOZONE AND THEY GAVE ME THE CODES IT WAS READING. ON MY WAY HOME IT DID THE SAME THING AND IT IS JUST THE SCARIEST THING. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S DOING IT AND WANT ME TO PAY OVER 600 JUST TO FIND OUT NOT TO EVEN FIX IT JUST TO SEE WHY! THIS IS THERE ISSUE NOT MINE I FEEL LIKE IMA CRASH EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT. I EVEN TOLD THEM DRIVING IT I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE IS IN DANGER AND THEY PRETTY MUCH SAID THAT'S MY ISSUE NOW WHEN I WAS SOLD THE CAR THE WARRANTY WAS OUT AND THEY DIDN'T OFFER ME A EXTENDED I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL I'VE READ ONLINE OF OTHERS REPORTING THIS AND THEY AGREE IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY KILL SOMEONE. *TR

THE TURBOCHARGER, DUE TO A FAULTY BEARING AS I AM BEING TOLD BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC HAS CAUSED THE BLADE INSIDE THE TURBOCHARGER TO BECOME UNSTABLE CAUSING IT SLAM AGAINST THE PARTS INSIDE THE CHARGER, THUS CREATING A LOUD WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS PUTTING A PEN IN A METAL FAN BLADE WHILE IT IS SPINNING. I HAVE THE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY STILL ON THE CAR, BUT I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE IN PUBLIC FORUMS WHERE THIS BECOMING A COMMON ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE BETWEEN THE MILEAGE RANGES OF 30-60 THOUSAND. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME WHEN IT INITIALLY STARTED MAKING THE NOISE AT ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WITH OUR TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THANKFULLY SHE WAS NEARLY HOME WHERE WE HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE TURBOCHARGER. *TR

I HAVE RETURNED MY 2011 CRUZE FOR ELECTRIC WINDOWS AUTOMATICALLY GOING DOWN AND NOT GOING BACK UP....3 TIMES REPLACED...THE DEALER TOLD ME AFTER THE THIRD REPAIR IT WAS BECAUSE OF MY DOG DROOL...I THEN DUCK TAPED THE WINDOW BUTTONS ON EACH DOOR IN THE BACK WHERE OUR DOG SITS AND THE SAME THING KEEPS HAPPENING...ONLY THIS TIME IT BEGINS FROM THE MAIN MECHANISM ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WHICH MEANS IT IS NOT FROM OUR DOG....I NEED HELP HAVING THIS FIXED.... WE ALSO HAD IGNITION PROBLEMS FOR THE SAME CAR 2011 CRUZE...HAVING TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND IT COST NEARLY 500.00 TO FIX...I AM HOPING TO BE ELIGIBLE TO GET A REFUND. WE TO WERE DRIVING ...WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR I COULD FEEL THE IGNITION LOCK AND WERE UNABLE TO GET THE KEY OUT...THE KEY ACTUALLY BROKE IN THE IGNITION...THE 2011 IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE RECALL LIST?? THIS IS THE FIRST BRAND NEW CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED AND I AM EXTREMEMELY SADDENED BY ALL OF THE ISSUES OCCURRED IN THE FIRST 2/12 YEARS...I HOPE YOU WILL HELP... [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ON APRIL 30 2014, AROUND 11:00 AM THE CAR WAS TAKEN FOR SERVICE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER FOR A WHEEL ALIGNMENT,STEERING AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM INSPECTION AND AIR PRESSURE CONDITION CHECK, THE CHEVY CRUZE WAS AT THE SERVICE DEALER FOR APROX FOUR HOURS, WE THEN CAME HOME, AROUND 5:30 WE WENT TO A SHOPPING CENTER TO BUY SOMETHING AND ON THE WAY BACK HOME, APROX SIX BLOCKS FROM OUR HOME WE STOP ON A STOP SIGN ON A CURB/ANGLE STREET DIVIDER BY A SMALL CURB WITH TREES, WE THEN TRY TO PROCEED AND BARE RIGHT BUT THE CAR MADE SOME KIND OF A NOISE AND WENT LEFT GOING OVER SMALL CURB AND HITTING A TREE, WE WHERE GOING APROX 15 TO 20 MPH AT THE TIME OF IMPACT THE POLICE CAME AND MADE A REPORT, NO SUMMONS WHERE ISSUE BECAUSE THE POLICE OFFICER LOOK AT THE SCENE AND COMMENT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAR LOSS POWER/ CONTROL OF THE STEERING ,BRAKES AND COULD NOT BE CONTROL. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS SINCE IT WAS DAMAGES IN FRONT/ENGINE/AIR BAGS/ETC. WE KNOW FOR FACTS THAT THIS 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE HAVE MANY RECALLS INCLUDING STEERING SHAFT SEPARATIONS/BRAKES/STEERING PROBLEMS.ETC. *TR

I WAS NOTIFIED IN OCTOBER 2013 OF THE GM SAFETY RECALL #12213 BUT THAT PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE YET. I AM EXPERIENCING THE GAME ISSUE STATE IN THE RECALL. I FOUND INFORMATION ONLINE ABOUT THE RECALL DATED AUGUST 2013. WE ARE APPROACHING ONE YEAR TO THAT INFORMATION AND I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED THAT REPLACEMENT PART IS AVAILABLE. THE BRAKE ISSUE PROGRESSIVELY GETS WORSE AS TIME GOES BY. MY CONCERNS ARE WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE AND WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONG WHEN SAFETY IS ON THE LINE. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2011 CHEVY CRUZE FROM A OWNER, AND I DID NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE UNTIL AFTER I BOUGHT IT. THE THIN METAL WAS COMING OFF THE HANDLE. I TOUCHED IT AND IT CUT MY FINGER. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET PLACE CLOSE TO MY AREA AND THEY QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $80.00. I CALLED GMC, SINCE THE CAR IS FAIRLY NEW, AND DID NOT GET ANY HELP. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND THE OFFICE MANAGER CAME OUT (HE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR) TO LOOK AT THE DOOR. HE TOUCHED IT AND IT CUT HIS FINGER. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE GETTING A CUT FROM THAT METAL SO I PAID TO HAVE THE HANDLE REPLACED. MY MAJOR CONCERN IS IF THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WITH THESE DOOR HANDLES IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD, AND SOME ONE IS DIABETIC, OR A SMALL CHILD GETS CUT AND INFECTED IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD THING. WHEN I SAID THIS TO THE OFFICE MANAGER, HE INFORMED ME HE WAS A DIABETIC. I HAVE WENT ONLINE AND SAW ALL THE RECALLS FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAR. THE PREVIOUS OWNER ASSURED ME HE HAD THE RECALLS FIXED, BUT I DID NOT REALIZE THERE WERE SO MANY UNTIL AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. I PAID CASH FOR THIS CAR AND HAVE YET TO GET A TITLE. I CONTINUE TO CALL THE OWNER WHO EITHER IGNORES ME OR ISN'T GETTING MY CALL. I CALLED HIS WIFE YESTERDAY AND SHE ASSURED ME HER HUSBAND HAD THE TITLE. I HAD RECENTLY CALLED THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND ASK FOR PAPERWORK WHERE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE. I HAVE HAD NO RETURN CALLS... AT THIS POINT WHAT SHOULD I DO? I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN SHAFTED, BUT I PAID 13000.00 FOR THE CAR AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER ASSURED ME I WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ADVELORUM TAXES, HE SAID THIS WAS TAKEN CARE OF. NOW ACCORDING TO THE TAG OFFICE I WILL HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER 800.00 OR SO FOR THE TAG WHICH I CAN'T GET WITHOUT A TITLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET CRUZE. THE CONTACT STATED THE STABITRACT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR WAS MADE BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,672.

TOOK MY 2011 CHEVY CRUZE INTO THE SHOP ON FEBRUARY AFTER THE RADIO, DASH, HEADLIGHTS BEGAN SHORTING OUT (FLICKERING ON AND OFF) THE DASH WOULD FLASH BACK ON IT A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND THEN RESET ITSELF ONCE THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. INITIAL QUOTE FROM MECHANIC WAS THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ALTERNATOR. I THEN DID A INTERNET SEARCH TO FIND OUT MANY CONSUMERS ON FORUMS WERE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THAT TIME WE REFUSED WORK FROM THE MECHANIC AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE GROUNDING WIRES WERE TIGHTENED. THE WORK WAS DONE AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE ISSUES STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN, THIS TIME WHEN THE "FLICKERING" WOULD HAPPEN, THEY DASH WOULD FLASH "SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL". THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY STATED THE CAR NEEDED NEW BATTERY CABLES. AFTER REVIEWING THE CONCERNS ON THE FORUMS FOR OTHER CRUZE CUSTOMERS WHO STATED THIS WAS REPLACED ON THEIR CARS AND THE PROBLEM KEPT HAPPENING, I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT OPTION, THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER SO WE TOOK MY CAR HOME. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, THIS WEEK, THE CAR BEGAN A NEW MALFUNCTION WHILE "FLICKERING" THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WOULD QUIT WORKING, LEAVING YOU WITH NO CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE WHILE ON THE ROADS. MY HUSBANDS PICKED THE CAR UP FROM ME AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM ALONG WITH THE DOOR LOCKS RESETTING AND FEELING THE ENGINE CUTTING OUT "DYEING" THEN RESTARTING ITSELF. UPON OUT RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS ASKED THAT THEY INSPECT THE CAR WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER READING SEVERAL REVIEWS, I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS ANSWER. WE ARE GETTING THE CABLES REPLACED BUT WHAT IS PLAN C. THAT IS WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN. WHO HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? *TR